Lyakhavichy

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Lyakhavichy

Lyakhavichy
Ляхавічы
Liahavichy Castle in XVII century

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Lyakhavichy is located in Belarus
Lyakhavichy
Coordinates: 53°02′N 26°16′E / 53.033°N 26.267°E / 53.033; 26.267
Country  Belarus
Voblast Brest Voblast
Raion Lyakhavichy Raion
Mentioned 1572
Population (2006)
 - Total 11,600
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal code 225372
Area code(s) +375 1633
License plate 1

Lyakhavichy (Belarusian: Ляхавічы, pronounced [ˈlʲaxavʲitʂɨ]) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian voblast (province) of Brest.

For many centuries, it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The city's fortress, Liahavichy Castle, survived all sieges during the Russo–Polish War (1654–1667), and was nicknamed the Jasna Góra of Lithuania.

During World War II Nazi Germans set up a ghetto for the Jews there.

Personalities

  • Alexander Mukdoyni (Kopel) (1878–1958) Polish - American theatre critic of Yiddish language
  • Sergiusz Piasecki (1901–1964) - Polish writer and soldier
  • Nachman Shlomo Greenspan (1878 - 1961) - Rabbi and Talmud scholar
Belarus Subdivisions of Brest Region, Belarus
Districts
(raioni)
Baranavichy · Biaroza · Brest · Drahichyn · Hantsavichy · Ivanava · Ivatsevichy · Kamenets · Kobryn · Lyakhavichy · Luninets · Malaryta · Pinsk · Pruzhany · Stolin · Zhabinka
 Coat of arms of Brest Region
Cities
Belaazyorsk · Brest · Baranovichi · Biaroza · Davyd-Haradok · Drahichyn · Kamyanyets · Kobryn · Ivatsevichy · Kosava · Luninets · Ivanava · Hantsavichy · Lyahavichy · Malaryta · Mikashevichy · Pinsk · Pruzhany · Stolin · Vysokaye · Zhabinka

Coordinates: 53°02′N 26°16′E / 53.033°N 26.267°E / 53.033; 26.267


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